King Tut Not Murdered, but Leg Fracture May Have Caused Infection, Tests Show

AP ^ | Mar 8, 2005 | Paul Garwood

[Graymatter]

"Hair-lip." Those college graduates at AP seem a bit "hair-brained" when it comes to spelling.

It's unclear whether Tut was son or half-brother of the great heretic, and it's going to stay unclear as long as ZH is in charge over there. The man's less a scholar and historian, more a nationalistic mouthpiece and bureaucrat.

[BerniesFriend]

Too bad he wasn't on the case 3,300 years ago..

[Graymatter]

Since the use of the past perfect "Hawass had long refused" doesn't really answer the question, I looked around, found this:

Detailed still photos, DNA smears or other hands-on inspections weren't done, complains Saleh Bedeir, who resigned from the Supreme Council's scientific team when it was decided to bring out Tut. "This was just show business. It has nothing to do with science," Bedeir says.

That's from http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/10877.html

[dsc]

""Hair-lip." Those college graduates at AP seem a bit "hair-brained" when it comes to spelling."

Nah, they meant he had a moustache.

[vabeachrepub]

He shoulda won a Grammy

[Graymatter]

http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=3383

Read this for another perspective on Zahi Hawass.

[SandfleaCSC]

Spot on with that. Hawass is full of crap.

[Destro]

Actually - the Egyptian Pharoahs looked like that dummy character due to inbreeding.

[calex59]

Well,keeping with the article I would say it is very inconclusive. To start there are many ways to die that would not leave evidence that would show up on a scan. It happens every day in the US when they find dead bodies that have decayed past the point of being able to find wounds. Not all wounds involve the bones. Plus, there is always poison that would leave no trace in the skeleton, strangulation and many other ways of being killed that would leave no trace.

He could have died from any number of diseases that were rampant during that time period.

The broken leg is not indicative of an infection. Tons of people at that time suffered broken legs and did not die from them.

All in all they have very little evidence to support their theory, but of course with modern scientists the truth and real evidence is irrelevent.

[RJL]

Wow. He had to wait 3,300 years for a CT scan. That's a little shorter than the wait in England and Canada, I think.

Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark.

[dfwgator]

He gave his life for tourism.

[Lijahsbubbe]

"This was just show business

Too bad. So much to learn from Tut. And I can't believe someone wouldn't cop a bit of that DNA for cloning.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Pharmboy! "Honest, officer, the Pharaoh was dead, and his leg was already broken, when I got there."

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[ValerieUSA]

His leg could have been broken in an attack. A broken leg doesn't mean he wasn't murdered.
This is not science. It is publicity.

[SunkenCiv]

Just in case I didn't have you in the current list...

[SunkenCiv]

If memory serves, there's a painting of Tut using a crutch. (!)

[ValerieUSA]

How lame.

[Hegemony Cricket]

So the skateboard ramp off the great pyramid was probably a bad idea, huh?

[Hegemony Cricket]

"Because Zahi Hawass Said So"

I read you loud and clear on that one, CD. I believe the Rosetta Stone would reveal the phrase "zahi hawass" translates as CONTROL FREAK.

[TexasRepublic]

"Hold muh beer and watch this...."